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New Jersey Governor Stockpiles Abortion Drugs in Case Trump Restricts Them

    The governor of New Jersey has made the killing of preborn babies in his state a priority by announcing a stockpile of abortion drugs. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has already signed legislation making abortion legal in the state through all nine months of pregnancy....
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Thomas More Society Petitions Trump Administration to Pardon Activists Convicted under FACE Act

    As President Donald Trump begins his second term, the Thomas More Society has an urgent suggestion for one of his first acts: pardon peaceful pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act. “These peaceful pro-life Americans mistreated by Biden include grandparents,...
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The Other AI

  Long before Pope Leo XIV spoke of the mixed blessings of artificial intelligence and was named by Time a Top 100 figure on the hot topic, the Catholic Church had expounded on another AI, i.e., artificial insemination. The two AIs have more in common than might seem at...
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No Empire beyond the Seas

  I have the privilege of composing this reflection while residing in Tanzania. A colleague and I are working on a series of projects for the Archdiocese of Mwanza, which is on the shore of Lake Victoria, in the north-central part of the country. Like many Africans,...
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